Nicholas of Cusa

British  

/ ˈkjuːzə /

noun

1. 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun

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Example Sentences

For most of the history of Western philosophy, self-awareness of ignorance was considered a virtue, the worthy object of intellectual pursuit — what the fifteenth-century philosopher Nicholas of Cusa called learned ignorance, or docta ignorantia.

From Nature

In this sparkling history, science journalist Tom Siegfried follows manifestations of the multiverse, from Renaissance scholar Nicholas of Cusa’s worlds “without number” to the “different heavens” theorized by René Descartes, the discovery of galaxies, inflationary cosmology and a pick-and-mix of multiverses, be they ‘quilted’ or holographic.

From Nature

How thoroughly indefensible the Church felt its position to be, yet how arbitrarily and despotically it was resolved to enforce that position, is most clearly shown by the inquisitor Capistrano, in 1452, when he heard that the cardinal legate, Nicholas of Cusa, was thinking of giving Rokyzana a hearing on the subject at Ratisbon.

From Project Gutenberg

When Nicholas of Cusa, a time-server like Pius, was appointed Bishop of Brixen and claimed property and rights regarded by Sigismund of Austria as belonging to himself, Sigismund, under Gregory's advice, arrested the bishop.

From Project Gutenberg

Capistrano, however, skilfully eluded a disputation on various pretexts, but really, as we learn from his confidential letter to the cardinal-legate, Nicholas of Cusa, because he knew that the Calixtins had on their side the weight of authority and tradition.

From Project Gutenberg